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33. RESEMBLANCE AND RELATION . . . ' V . . 264 



" Queer creatures! neither grass nor grasshoppers" Museum visi- 

 tors, lost in astonishment at the vegetable- seeming insect speci- 

 mens from India and China, the leaf-like, and its relative, the 

 stalk-like Mantis . . . . . '. . . .271 



34. MOTHS AS IDLERS . . V . . V. .272 



'* Luxurious feeders amongst lazy fiutterers." A trio of Moths 

 drinking deeply of honied wine, out of a flower flagon . . . 280 



SEPTEMBER. 



35. LOVERS OF PLEASURE - .. ./ . . . . .281 



" Thou dost dance and thou dost sing." A pair of Gryllidaey Anac- 

 reontic types and patterns of supreme happiness .... 289 



36. PARASITES .. 290 



" The Puss, in its greatness, a prey to parasites." Wealth and 

 grandeur, in likeness of a " Puss Caterpillar " (a prince amongst its 

 fat fraternity), at once drained and incensed by parasitic satel- 

 lites of the tribe Ichneumon 297 



37. INSTINCTS OF MATERNITY 298 



" Admire the dexterity of the Leaf-cutter See." A Maternal 

 " Upholstress " shaping the material of her leaf-lined nest, which, 

 in form of a cradle, is represented near her 305 



38. FATHER LONGLEGS AND HIS FAMILY . '* -^ 306 



" How vast (to an emmef) its stupendous elevation ! " A spacious 

 platform and commanding observatory for creeping millions . .313 



OCTOBER. 



39. THE SCARAB^US AND ITS MODERN WORSHIPPERS . 314 



" The Scarabtsus, an amasser of filth, fit emblem of mammon -wor- 

 ship." The Dung Beetle, set up on high for the adoration of the 

 sordid .321 



